LHC gives final warning to Rawalpindi officials over outrageous property rate hike

RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court has granted Rawalpindi Commissioner Aamir Khattak a final 10-day extension to comply with a previous court order suspending the sharp increase in property valuation rates set by the deputy commissioner for Union Councils in Rawalpindi, including historic areas like Kotha Kalan I and II. In a significant ruling, Justice Jawad Hassan … Read more

Abbas vows to work with Trump, UN and allies on Gaza peace plan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged at the United Nations on Thursday to work with US President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, France and the UN on a peace plan for Gaza overwhelmingly backed by the world body. The 193-member General Assembly earlier this month endorsed a seven-page declaration that seeks to advance a two-state solution and … Read more

Circular debt financing deal: Will it benefit ordinary Pakistanis?

[ The federal government has signed a historic Rs1.225 trillion financing agreement with a consortium of 18 banks to address the country’s ballooning power sector circular debt. Finance Minister Aurangzeb has described signed transaction as the largest restructuring deal in country’s history. The key question now is why this agreement is being called a game … Read more

Nicolas Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term for raising funds from Libya

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the conservative who led France from 2007 to 2012. The sentence, which makes Sarkozy the first president in France’s modern history to be imprisoned, was harsher … Read more